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j6VlR TIL In 1981, Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul II, four times in the abdomen during a parade. Despite being critically wounded, the Pope recovered and forgave Ali. He was pardoned in 2000 at the Pope's request. He later converted to Christianity in prison, leaving flowers on the Pope's tomb in 2014.
lo1rA TIL that the Vatican forbade copies of Gregorio Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus, threatening any publication with excommunication. That was until 1770 when a 14-year-old named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who, on a trip to Rome with his father, heard it but twice and transcribed it faithfully from memory.
gMXA7 TIL that the phrase “don’t wear white after Labor Day.” Was just one of dozens of rules set buy high society women defining “old money” from “new money” as more and more people became millionaires after the civil war in the late 1800’s.
vk1K TIL the lyrics of O Canada in English talk about protecting the country, while in French they talk about the country protecting its people.
nepe9 TIL about the Raid on Alexandria, when 6 Italian men managed to sneak in the fortified harbour of Alexandria using manned torpedoes. They then placed charges that sank two battleships and highly damaged several others, paralyzing the British fleet in the Mediterranean for months. Early example of Sp